PATIENT SELECTION FOR ADULT COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION AND ITS EXPERIENCE

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  • 成人の人工内耳適応症例の選択とその経験

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From 1986 to 1992, 61 adults with bilateral profound hearing loss visited our hospital for assessment as candidates for cochlear implantation.<BR>The selection process consists of the following steps: 1) taking a clinical history, 2) general otological examinations, 3) pure tone audiometry 4) hearing aid evaluation, 5) promontory stimulation testing and 6) CT scans and MR Imaging of the temporal bone. We informed patients and their families of cochlear implantion as well.<BR>Consequently 7 out of 61 cases (11.7%) were selected and underwent multi-channel cochlear implantation.<BR>Twenty-eight cases were judged to have better hearing with a hearing aid because of a residual hearing. Twenty-one cases were considered to be inappropriate candidates after informing of the cochlear implant procedure.<BR>Needless to say, the promontory stimulation testing and imaging studies are significant in patient selection, however, there was only a few who were excluded by these examinations.

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  • Nippon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho

    Nippon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho 96 (9), 1417-1422,1573, 1993

    Japanese Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and neck surgery

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  • CRID
    1390282679989347328
  • NII Article ID
    130000996654
  • DOI
    10.3950/jibiinkoka.96.1417
  • ISSN
    18830854
    00306622
  • PubMed
    8229439
  • Article Type
    journal article
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